LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1187, 5 June 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thb Bsks Duty.— The beer duty la it month was £4,219. During the corresponding month last year it was £4,470.

Parliament. —Parliament will be opened to-day. The Address in Reply will be mored on Tuesday neit by Dr Newman.

Political. —W. Postlethwaite, Esq., M.H.R. for Geraldine, took his departure for Wellington by the first train on Tuesday last.

The Ruapehu. The New Zealand Shipping Company hare received cable advice that the Ruapehu left Plymouth at noon on May 31st for Port Chalmers. Death op an Old Settles. —Mr Robert Heaton Rhodes, one of the oldest and wealthiest settlers in Now Zealand, died at Christchurch on Sunday last.

The Customs. The total Customs revenue collected in the colony last month was £106,301 as agaiest £118,639 for the corresponding month of last year.

Licensing Committee. The annual meeting of the Temuka Licensing Committee takes place to day. The Raukapuka Committee hold their annual meeting at Geraldine to-morrow.

Temuka Town Boabd.— The poll for the election of five Commissioners to constitute the above Board takes place to-day between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. A list of the candidates will be found elsewhere. Tee Waikato Cheese Factory. —The Waikato cheese factory has discontinued operations for the season, the recent heavy frosts having destroyed all the grass feed in the Waikato, causing a decrease in the supply of milk.

Detoubed by Pigs.—A young man named Job* Thomas Jam?, travelling in the South Wairoa district, (Auckland) on hi* way to market, was attacked and devoured by wild pigs. His blood, clothe?, and hair were all the traces that wore found. The N.Z, Clothing Eactoby. The New Zealand Clothing Factory are about to pull down Cashel House, Christchurch, and replace it by a three-storey building of brick with 50 feet frontage to Cashel street-and a depth of 200 feet.

Chaege Against a Resident Magistrate . — A Commission consisting of Captain Hume and Mr G, S. Cooper has been appointed to enquire into the charges against Mr Turnbull R.M., Blenheim, by another official there. The Commission sits within a month.

Concert and Dance at South RangiTAta. —A concert and dance, with the very meritoriou* object of enhancing the prize fund of the local school, will lake place in the South Rangitata School to-morrow night. It is to be hopad a good sum will be realised.

Young Men’s Club. This evening a meeting convened by the Rev. Mr Hamilton will be held in the Oddfellows’Hall, Temuka. We trust that it will be largely attended. The suggestion of the rev. gentleman is an admirable one, and he ought to be assisted in carrying it out.

Acknowj.epgbiiunt. —ln another column Lieuts. Robert White and James Findlay on behalf of the No. 1 Company, Tomuba Rifle Volunteers, return thanks to Hie tradesmen of Temuka and the public who so liberally subscribed towards the .przes fired for on the 26(h inst.

Lditaot. —At the R.M. Court, Temuka, last Tuesday, before S. D. Barker and J. Talbot, Esq’s., J.P.’s, a man named James Gaby, junior, wai brought up, charged with lunacy, and remanded until next Friday.

Thk LiCEWSiNa- act. — At Christchurch the Licensing Committee refused to renew the license of the Victorian Hotel, Colombo street, on the grounds that the premises were unsuitable to modern requirements, and very close to another hotel. The Dunedin South Licensing Committtee refused the renewal of the license of the Royal Hotel on the ground that it was not wanted, and thereupon the licensee of the Union Hotel, fearing sitmlar results, withdrew his application. The Auckland City South Licensing Committee cancelled one Tcenso for Sunday trading, and contemp’ate cancelling another on other grounds. They intimated they would cancel every license where a conviction was obtained for Sunday trading, Thh Unemployed. —A large crowd of the unemployed was gathered at Cargill’s monumeat, Dunedin, on Monday. Two hundred and twenty-one signed them name* to a document, and gave particulars whether they were married or single, the number ef children in their families, and how long they have been out of work. The longeet period any of them have been unemployed is fix month*, and the average time during which the men have been out of work seven weeks. Messrs Bracken and Fish received the following reply from Major Atkinson re the unemployed :—“ Greatly regret to hear people are unable to obtain work in Dunedin. The Government bai carefully considered the question, and are prepared to offer work at 4s per day through Mr Colin Allan, Immigration Officer, to whom all applications must be made. From past experience it has been found that about 4s per day is sufficient for relief purposes, in which light the work mus t be regarded.” Mr Bracken also received a telegram from Major Atkinson, declining his request to grant free passages to the North Island, where work was more p'entiful.

Thb Troubles of a School Committed. —For some tunc past the Timaru School Committee and the Board of Education hare been pestered with the letters and interview* oc a Mr Job Hopkins, who felt, and still feels, aggrieved at the way in which the prizes had been awarded at the last distribution (his boy being passed over despite the very flattering posuion be occupied according to the Inspector’s report), and, if wo mistake not, at the amount of punishment which was inflated on one of bis children for nrsbebariour. Even the editor of the Timaru Herald, who is known to deal out justice with such an even and impartial hand, has been accused by the fond but irate parent of having a ‘down’ on his hoy, and with trying to keep him out of his proper position. The Board of Education and the School Committee have held inquiries into the complaints, but ‘ unfortunately’ they decided that everything had been carried out as it should ha in these cases —tbe reason tbe boy was deprived of the prize being that he had misbehaved himself. At the meeting held on Monday last of the Timaru School Committee, according to a local paper, “Mr Job Hopkins waited on the Committee with reference to a complaint lodged by him some time ago. Before he was admitted Mr Hill stated that ha bad that day been stopped in the street and abused by Mr Hopkins, and lie would therefore object to his having an interview with the Committee. So far as he (Mr Hill) could learn it was the ‘ old grievance.’ After discussion it was decided to allow Mr Hopkins to have an interview, and he was accordingly invited in. In reply to the Chairman, Mr Hopkins said ho was not satisfied with the way in which the Committee had dealt with his complaint. Ho wanted to see it properly considered. The Chairman said the matter bad been disposed of by tbe Committee. If, however, Mr Hopkins had anything fresh to bring before their notice they would at once consider it, provided it were sent in in writing. Mr Hopkins was proceeding to make personal remarks about two or three of the members of tbe Committee, when he was again asked by the Chairman if he bad anything new to bring before them, and answering in the negative, (the paper delicately intimates) was ‘escorted to the door ’ by the Chairman, and ‘at once’ withdrew.’’ A Wise Deacon. —“ Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family so well the past season, when all the rest of ns have been sick so much, and have had the doctors running to ua so often,” “ Brother Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time, and kept my family well, and saved large doctor’s bills. Four shillings worth of it kept us all well and able to work all the time, and I will warrant it has cost you and most of the neighbours £lO to £IOO apiece to keep sick the same time. I fancy you’ll take tny medicine hereafter.” ?>ee Advf.